"This is a decent and honorable country--and resilient, too. We've been through a lot together. We've met challenges and faced dangers, and we know that more lie ahead. Yet we can go forward with confidence--because the State of our Union is strong, our cause in the world is right, and tonight that cause goes on. God bless." With those words, President George W. Bush concluded his State of the Union address on January 29, 2007. My reaction to the words, particularly the inclusion of "resilient", was a surge of a feeling strength and resolution. No one should invite unnecessary danger and risk, but the phrase "Bring it on!" certainly came to mind. Why? One reason is that I think resiliency is such an empowering mindest. It is to say that I have done my best in being prepared and ready for the dangers and obstacles, but accept that I have not prepared for all eventualities. But regardless, I am in a strong position to bounce back. You simply can not fatally hurt me. Businesses must run on much more than raw emotion and a sense of strength and preparedness. It must take the actions that back up the sense of strength. Businesses and public sector organizations in the U.S. should ask themselves where they stand in making the President's statement true today and into the future. Our businesses and the collective business communities and infrastructures should strive for a high level of resiliency and strength. The stronger and more resilient, the more secure and resistant to attack. I believe a resilient target is an unattractive target. Darryl Moody Resilient Corporation
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